Polymer blend: a new approach towards flow improvement of crude oil.

Title

Polymer blend: a new approach towards flow improvement of crude oil.

Subject

Crude oil
Additives
Blending
crude oil
pour point
PETROLEUM
POLYMERS
THERMAL stability
additive
COPOLYMERS
METHACRYLATES
polymer blending
POLYMER blends
shear stability index
Petroleum transportation
Esters
Mechanical stability
Petroleum additives
Polymer blends
Shear flow

Description

Crude oil extraction, transportation and even its storage require a lot of struggle due to its high density, high viscosity and high pour point. To overcome these problems, polymers have attracted much attention as efficient chemical additive. Moreover polymer blending is an economic and easy process to develop better polymeric materials with higher thermal and mechanical stability. In this context, we evaluated a polymer blend of two copolymers viz. vinyl acetate-octyl acrylate and dodecyl acrylate-methyl methacrylate, as flow improver by measuring viscometric parameters, pour point and shear stability index in crude oil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Publisher

Petroleum Science & Technology

Date

2020

Contributor

Ghosh, Pranab
Yeasmin, Sultana

Type

journalArticle

Identifier

10916466

Collection

Citation

“Polymer blend: a new approach towards flow improvement of crude oil.,” Lamar University Midstream Center Research, accessed May 18, 2024, https://lumc.omeka.net/items/show/25878.

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